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Essential FREE Resource for Farmers, Market Managers, and Local Producers

November 29th, 2012 | events,News | admin | No comments

*Essential FREE Resource for Farmers, Market Managers, and Local Producers* *Marketing for Profit: Tools for Success Webinar Series Registration Now Open!* The Farmers Market Federation of NY and the NY Farm Viability Institute have partnered with USDA Northeast SARE to present a series of webinars on marketing, /Marketing for Profits: Tools for Success/. These webinars [...]

Producing Meat on Grazing Systems Part 5 of 5

May 5th, 2011 | News | Sam | No comments

Another issue to be considered is processing and marketing. Processing is a huge expense for persons who produce for a niche market. We pay $.60/lb (carcass weight) for harvesting, cutting, wrapping and storage.

Producing Meat on Grazing Systems Part 4 of 5

May 2nd, 2011 | News | Sam | No comments

Two specific items to evaluate in a grass-fed beef system is the nutritional composition of various forages and the effect of different forages on the flavor of beef, specifically are there forages that contribute more to the “grassy” flavor than others.

Producing Meat on Grazing Systems Part 3 of 5

April 25th, 2011 | News | Sam | No comments

This is absolutely one of Ron’s favorite subjects (degrees in beef cattle genetics) because he does believe that there is the “best” type of animal for a grass-fed beef program; however,

Producing Meat on Grazing Systems Part 2 of 5

April 18th, 2011 | News | Sam | No comments

Many of the recommendations of persons working with grass-fed beef are to have the animal gaining well for a reasonable time period to get some fat deposition (in excess of two pounds for 90 days

Holistic Livestock Management Part 3

March 21st, 2011 | News | Sam | No comments

Once the Whole Under Management has been described, the decision makers gather, and, keeping that Whole in mind, discuss their values, the type of life they wish to lead, how they will attain that life, and what the future must look like in order to have that life.

Holistic Management Framework Part 1

March 7th, 2011 | News | Sam | One comment

As some, or most, of you know I have been working the last two years on becoming a Holistic Management® Certified Educator, which basically means I would be certified by Holistic Management® International to teach Holistic Management®.